News

Thanks to the hard work of our excellent students, PhDs and Postdocs, the lab has been awarded an ERC starting grant! we are very grateful to the European research council and excited for the opportunity this represents. Here is a TU Delft Press release, and a more in depth description on the applied sciences website.

January 27 2020: Martijn Eppenga joins the lab.

Martijn Eppenga joins the lab after a year in the Forze Hydrogen Electric Racing dream team! He will explore the possibilities of machine learning in the context of our protein evolution projects.

January 1st 2020: Max Capelle joins the lab.

Max Capelle joins the lab for his Master end project. He will work together with our colleagues at Erasmus MC on a theoretical framework to model neural activity. Welcome Max!

December 1st 2019: The lab is awarded an NWO-XS grant

We have been awarded a grant in NWO's new XS scheme, where high-risk high-reward ideas are judged by other grant applicants. Thanks, fellow scientists!

October 1st 2019: Sabine Jonkman joins the lab.

She will work with Hina on Archaerhodopsin photophysics for her Bachelor end project. Welcome!

April 23rd 2019: Cees van Vledder joins the lab.

He will do his Bachelor End Project on spectroscopy of membrane proteins. Welcome!

March 28 2019: Paulina Gasecka moves to Marseille.

she will continue her career at the Institut Fresnel. We wish her the very best!

February 11 2019: Sebbe and Bryan join the lab.

Sebbe Blokhuizen and Bryan Lusse have joined our lab for their Bachelor End Project for Nanobiology. Sebbe will work with Marco on numberical simulations of field enhancements on some interesting nanoparticles. Bryan will work with Vidya on our fluorescence lifetime-encoded absolute voltage imaging project. Welcome both!

.January 11 2019: Marco Locarno joins the lab.

Marco Locarno joins our lab as an Erasmus Mundus Student from the University of Genoa. He will be working on the theoretical foundations of nanoscopic Voltage imaging. Welcome Marco!

October 2018: Daan accepts a position as group leader at Erasmus MC!

The Brinks lab is spreading! Daan has accepted a second position as group leader in the Department of Molecular Genetics at Erasmus MC. Our lab now exists in two places at once! Thanks to Roland Kanaar, head of the molecular genetics department, for taking chance on us! We're looking forward to contributing to the molecular genetics research, collaborating with new colleagues on exciting biomedical and clinical projects, welcoming Erasmus MC students to our lab, and most of all combining the strengths of Delft and Erasmus to do awesome science!

Check out this Nature News feature describing the advent of Voltage Imaging with Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators and highlighting the recent advances in deep tissue voltage imaging, in particular our work on PaQuasar and Novarch!

September 2018: Lex and Duran join the lab.

Lex Huismans and Duran Açikel have joined the lab for their Bachelor End Projects. Lex will work on setting up our data-acquisition in python, and optimize our real time data- and image processing. Duran will set up our patch clamp system for electrophysiology. Welcome both!

July 17 2018: The Brinks lab is awarded a NWO START UP grant!

We'll use this for nanoscopic investigation of electrical dynamics in neurons.Thanks to everyone in the lab who has worked so hard on our preliminary data!link to announcement Thanks NWO!

July 15 2018: Xin Meng joins the lab.

Xin Meng joins our lab as a PhD student from Jiangnan University. With a physics and optical engineering background he'll work on developing new imaging methods in our lab. Welcome Xin!

July 13 2018: Teun and Gréta finish their stay with us.

They succesfully navigated the traps of a lab coming online and built our first microscope. Teun is continuing in the Nanobiology and Biomedical Engineering programs at TU Delft while Gréta will start at mcKinsey! Congratulations both and thanks for the hard work!

The Brinks and Carroll labs

April 3 2018: Srividya Ganapathy joins the lab.

Srividya Ganapathy joins the lab as a postdoc from Leiden University! She brings experience with rhodopsin photocycles and lots of fresh ideas on protein sensors. Welcome Vidya!

February 12 2018: Teun Huijben joins the lab.

Teun Huijben joins us from the Nanobiology program for his internship. He will work on the design and creation of a two-photon microscope for our voltage imaging experiments. Welcome Teun!

February 1 2018: Gréta Szabó joins the lab.

Gréta Szabó joins our lab from TU Berlin for her Master thesis project. She will work on the investigation of the photocycle dynamics of proteins, relevant for optogenetic applications, with temporally structured illumination. Welcome Gréta!

October 1 2017: Paulina Gąsecka joins the lab.

Paulina Gąsecka joins our lab as a postdoc from Institut Fresnel in Marseille! With experience in biotechnology and two-photon microscopy, she will set up the first screening and imaging experiments in the lab. Paulina has a joint appointment with the Chien lab at Erasmus MC. Welcome Paulina!

August 1 2017: Leonie Gouweleeuw joins the lab.

Leonie Gouweleeuw is our first general biotechnician. She brings extensive experience to the shared role of general lab technician / tissue culture expert / zebrafish wrangler. She will work both for us and the Carroll lab. Welcome to the team, Leonie!

June 28 2017: Lab renovations are progressing.

Elizabeth and Daan are happy with the high correlation between drawing and reality of their new labs! One more month!

June 12 2017: Construction on the labs has started!

That is, breaking down of the old labs has started! By the end of July there will be three lovely optical rooms, a biochemistry lab, a tissue culture room and a surgery room for us to play in! If you're interested in making your mark on a new lab, and getting some experience for when you're starting one yourself, now's the time to join!